Epik Fails of History

“Fear not death for the hour of your doom is set and none may escape it.” - Old Norse Proverb ("The Hávamál" from the Saga of the Volsung)

On this epic crossover, Ben Thompson returns (from the Badass of the Week podcast) to talk about all things Vikings - from Ivar the Boneless and Erik Bloodaxe to Saint Olga of Kiev and William the Conqueror!

Featured Music / Clips: "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin (1970), "Valhalleluja" by Nanowar of Steel (2018), "Vikings" (2013-2020), Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" Trilogy, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Thor, Avengers: Endgame, etc), "Kill Bill", "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", and "Game of Thrones"!

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Erik Slader returns with a 2024 'State of the Podcast' report - talking about the history and future of the show, a quick rundown of recent podcast projects / guest spots / upcoming events / some behind-the-scenes life updates / new history articles on the blog / upcoming topics, AND his latest book ⁠"Tempus Machina" - a Short Time Travel Story (now on Audible),⁠ as well as a *brief* history of time travel...?

Brand New History Articles at EpikFails.com:

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Next Time: VIKINGS! (w/ Ben Thompson) -listen tothe BadassOfTheWeek podcasthere!

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"Much of the evil in the world is due to the fact that man, in general, is hopelessly unconscious..." - Carl Jung

In our epic finale for Season 3's "The Bracket of Fails"(which we first started in 2021... two and a half years ago) - Erik and Justin 'debate' over who is the most Epic Fail of History: Spanish Conquistador - Francisco Pizarro vs Joseph Stalin - Soviet Dictator of the USSR!

For more, check out Erik's articles here:

Also on this Episode - Epic WINS of History:

Next Time: VIKINGS! (w/ Ben Thompson)

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"History is a set of lies agreed upon." - Napoleon Bonaparte

In the latest mini-episode, Erik Slader goes solo to give his review of Ridley Scott's"NAPOLEON" (2023)- starring: Joaquin Phoenix! How historically accurate was it? What makes a good history movie? Was Napoleon an Epic Fail? Find out now!

For more, check out Erik's Napoleon articles here:

And listen to Meghan and Erik's brand new podcast: Nerdeagram - now on Spotify!

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"Ridicule is not a part of the scientific method and the public should not be taught that it is." - J. Allen Hynek

Erik Slader goes down the rabbit hole on some topics on the fringe of history: D.B. Cooper - one of the FBI's greatest mysteries, a conspiracy theory that turned out to be true (MK-Ultra), and the Roswell Incident of 1947 - a potential government coverup where the official story keeps changing, as well as the recent 2023 Congressional Hearing on UAP! ⁠ Also on this Episode:

Check out my originalD.B. Cooperarticle here⁠⁠, and⁠⁠my latest article on8 mysterious UFO/UAP sightings throughout history!⁠

Further Links:

Recommended Podcasts:

Random Clips / Music: "The War of the Worlds" - Mercury Theatre Radio Broadcast by Orson Welles (1938), "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951), "The Twilight Zone" (1959), "A Few Good Men" (1992), "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998), "The Big Lebowski" (1998), "The Matrix" (1999), "FRINGE" (2008-2013), "The Men Who Stare at Goats" (2009), "Stranger Things" (2016-?), etc

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This is it, the last elimination round before our final face off in the Bracket of Fails!

⁠Vote now below (directly on the Spotify app) for our semifinals... ⁠

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“Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make...” - Nick Bostrom

Episode 33- Erik Slader and Justin Ache are joined by Leo Allen Jr. from the Voluntary Input Podcast - to talk about the history, ethics, potential dangers, and hopes for the future of Artificial Intelligence systems. Will A.I. destroy the world? Find out today!

And be sure to check out all the amazing / hilarious"A.I. History Artwork"that our listeners and fellow podcasters sent in!

For more on the History of Computers / AI:

Origins of the DIGITAL AGE (Part 1: Mechanical Clocks, Electricity, and Radio)

History of the DIGITAL AGE (Part 2: The Transistor, Microchips, and the Dawn of the Internet)

Future of the DIGITAL AGE (Part 3: Robotics, Quantum Computing, and the Rise of A.I.)

Also on this Episode:

Pop-Culture Clips / Music / References:

"2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968),"Blade Runner" (1982),"WarGames" (1983), "Star Trek: The Next Generation" - S2E9: 'The Measure of a Man' (1989), "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" (1991),"The Matrix" (1999),"Battlestar Galactica" (2004-2009), Disney's "TRON: Legacy" (2010), "Watson and the Jeopardy! Challenge" - IBM Research (2013), "HER" (2013), "West World" (2016 - 2022), "M3GAN" (2022), etc

⁠Outro Music / Segment Jingles by DeftStroke Sound!⁠

Listen to our previous 'Digital Age' episodes:⁠E15 - "The 20th Anniversary of Y2k",⁠and⁠E22 - "A History of Hackers and Digital Heists"⁠for more!

Listen to “Robopocalypse” by Daniel H. Wilson on Audible (click here for a free trial)!

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We're down to "The Final Four" on our Bracket of Fails!

Vote now below (directly on Spotify) for our semifinals...

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“Reality is frequently inaccurate.” ― Douglas Adams

For our third anthology episode, we invited podcasters from around the world to share some more Random Tales of Fail...

Podcasters / Topics Featured:

Also on this Episode:

(Listen to our other Anthology Episodes:Episode 14andEpisode 18, our Earth Week Special!)

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Episode 31.5- Erik and Justin are back for a "quick" review of Christopher Nolan's"Oppenheimer" (2023), starring Cillian Murphy - aka 'Existential Dread: The Movie'! How accurate is it? Did Nolan actually drop a nuke? Does Robert Downey Jr. deserve an Oscar? Who played Einstein? Does it stack up against Margot Robbie's "Barbie"? Is that Gary Oldman?! Find out now!

Also on this Episode:

The Bracket of Fails - Round 3: "The Hateful Eight": 

Click here to VOTE NOW for all 4 matches of Round 3!

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Episode 31- Erik and Justin are back to give their breakdown of Round 2 on ⁠the Bracket of Fails- with a little help from AI?

The Bracket of Fails - Round 2: 

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Random Clips:"Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989), Disney's "Robin Hood" (1973), "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (1986), "Titanic" (1997), "300" (2006), "History of the World - Part One" (1981), "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), "Pirates of the Caribbean" (2003), "Battlestar Galactica" (1978), and the trailer for Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" (2023)!

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"A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything." - Albert Einstein

Episode 30 - Erik is joined by both his co-hosts - Chris and Justin - recording together *in person* (for the first time since Episode 3), for a very special milestone episode! Read Erik's original article,Nuclear Fails: 10 of the Most Terrifying Atomic Mistakes in History- here!

Also on this Episode:

The Bracket of Fails:

Music Clips:"Chained to the Rhythm" by Katy Perry w/ Skip Marley (2017), "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons (2012), "99 Red Balloons" by Nena (1983), "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult (1976),

Audio Clips:"War Games" (1983), "Duck and Cover" (1951), "Duke Nukem 3D" (1996), "Aliens" (1986),"Godzilla" (1956),"Thunderball" (1965),"Star Wars" (1977), "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015), "The Simpsons", "South Park", etc

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Casters of the Lost Pod?

With only 69 days until the release of “INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY” (in theaters June 30th, 2023), podcasters from around the globe are on a mission to revisit every movie in the Indy franchise - for the latest season of Podcasters Assemble!

Entries for Steven Spielberg’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981) are due on Monday, May 1st… 

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(Trailer Edited by Stephen White!)

“Hey, Dr. Jones, no time for love!”

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"Failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success." - Arianna Huffington

Episode 29.5 - In our latest mini-episode, Erik Slader highlights some of the biggest (positive) historically-relevant stories of the past year, and reminisces about the 10th anniversary of "Epik Fails of History"!

Epik *Wins* of 2022:

Next Time: Episode 30 - "Nuclear Fails!"

Read more about the blog here:"10 Years of Epik Fails?!"

Check out"Episode 26 and 3/4"for my thoughts on the war in Ukraine

And follow theEpik Fails Facebook Groupto vote on the latest 'Bracket of Fails' matches, memes, and more! 

Audio / Music Clips: "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (1979), "E.T." (1982), "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996), "Men in Black" (1997), "Breaking Bad" (2008-2013)

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"Treat the Earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." - Crazy Horse, Lakota War Leader

Episode 29 - Erik Slader goes solo for a deep dive into the tragic and complicated true story behind the Thanksgiving holiday, starting in 1621 with the Mayflower Pilgrims and Squanto to the Green Corn Massacre of 1637, King Phillip's War, and beyond... 

Also on this episode: 

Audio / Music Clips: "One World / We Are One"by Mag 7 and IllumiNative (2019), random clips from: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (2007), "Adams Family Values" (1993), "How I Met Your Mother" (2005), "60 Minutes" (UAP story), SNL, etc 

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Listen to “Mayflower” by Nathaniel Philbrick on Audible (click here for a free trial)!

Click here to check out our Podcasters Disassembled episode on "PREY"! 

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"How very little can be done under the spirit of fear." - Florence Nightingale

Episode 28 - Something wicked this way comes... 

Erik and Justin are joined by their wives, Meghan Slader and Meghan Ache (aka "The Meghans"), for this Epik Halloween Special to talk about The Salem Witch Trials (of 1692 and 1693), as well as the long and dark history of the European witch burnings, the Celtic origins of 'All Hallow's Eve', and even the Spanish Inquisition! 

Also on this episode:

Audio / Music Clips: "Frankenstein" (1931), "The Wizard of Oz" (1939), "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975), John Carpenter's "Halloween" (1978), "Ghostbusters II" (1989), "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992), "Hocus Pocus" (1993), "Battlestar Galactica" (2004), "Samhain" by Lisa Thiel (2005)

Outro Music / Segment Jingles byDeftStroke Sound!

Listen to “The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson on Audible (click here for a free trial)!

Other 'Spooky' Podcasts to Check Out: 

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From Erik Slader, the creator of Epik Fails of History, comes a bold new vision of the future, in his latest book: "2299"!

“2299” is a sci-fi noir about a detective on the edge of the abyss. While investigating a cold case on Vanaheim – a space station orbiting Neptune, Desmond Faust finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and murder. The closer he gets to discovering the truth, the more aware he becomes that he might not leave this place alive…

"2299" is available now on Amazon *and* Audible!

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"Nana korobi, ya oki - Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb

Episode 27 - Erik teams up once again with the legendary Kory Torjussen (The World Is My Burrito) to talk about some Samurai lore! After conquering most of China and the Korean peninsula, Kublai Khan (the grandson of Genghis), set his sights on a small group of islands off the coast, assuming it would be a quick victory. The Mongol Invasions of Japan (of 1274 and 1281) would forever change the fates of both cultures... it would also go down in legend as one of the greatest epic fails in history - for both sides! 

Click here to check out Erik's original Epik Fails article! 

Also on this episode: 

Audio / Music Clips: "Ghost of Tsushima" (2020 - PS4/PS5), "Marco Polo" (2014, Netflix Series), "Mortal Kombat 11" (2019 - PS4, Xbox One, Switch)

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“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall.” - Marcus Aurelius

Episode 26 and 3/4?! - Epik Fails of History is finally back after a long absence! (see previous mini-episode: "Murphy's Law and Dis-Order") Erik Slader and Justin Ache team up once again as Season 3 continues, picking up where we left off with the Bracket of Fails! 

Also on this mini-episode - a 2022 Current Events Recap:  the latest on former President Trump's numerous criminal investigations (long heavy sigh), a new King of England, and the valiant resistance led by Zelenskyy against Putin's Russian forces in Ukraine... 

The Bracket of Fails - Round 1 Results: 

Up Next on the Bracket of Fails: 

Epic Win of the Week:Doris Miller - Naval Hero of Pearl Harbor (WWII) 

Music Clips: The Ukrainian National Anthem

Next Episode:The Mongol Invasion(s) of Japan! 

In the meantime, check out some of my other podcasts: 

Click here to check out my newest history blog on D.B. Cooper!

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*Note: Episode was first posted in February 2022, and was briefly taken down after a minor copyright strike.

Episode 26.5 - Erik Slader takes a break from his normally scheduled chaos to do a quick update on the state of the podcast, why it's on (temporary) hiatus, what other projects he's been up to, and what's coming soon - also, a brief history of "Murphy's Law" and a Buddhist story about how everyone has 83 problems... 

Music Clips: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" by Roy Rogers & Sons of the Pioneers (1934), "Something Just Like This" by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay (2018)

Epik Fails of History will return! 

In the meantime, check out some of my other podcasts: 

Guest Appearances: 

And a few of my recent (nerdy) articles: 

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Episode 26 - Erik Slader is joined by intrepid author Richard Murff to talk about his latest book, "Pothole of the Gods: On Holy War, Fake News and Other Ill-Advised Ideas" (now available on Amazon)! The two talk about everything from traveling abroad in the Middle East to the Hundred Years War to James Bond movies! (Recorded in November, 2021)

'Pothole of the Gods' is an ill-advised, but hilarious ramble through the histories and modern streets of Iraq, Istanbul, and Benghazi. Attached to a marauding medical mission, Murff unravels a dismal record of global adventurism from Cyrus the Great, the epic clash of Persia and Greece, the glory that was Rome, the Crusades, America's New World Order, to Iran's attempts to trigger the apocalypse next sometime next week.

Check outRichard Muff's other books here,his 'Drunk as Lords' podcast here, andhis blog, the 4717.com, here!

Audio / Music Clips: "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" by They Might Be Giants (1990)

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"Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Episode 25 - Erik, Chris, and Justin are joined by Zack Derby - a radio host and frequent guest of The NeatCast and Effin' Cultured! In honor of last month's 'International Talk Like a Pirate Day', we decided to drink some grog and tell some tales about some of the most feared and not-so-great pirates to ever sail the seven seas! - including but not limited to: Blackbeard, Captain Morgan, Zheng Yi Sao (Ching Shih), Henry Avery, William Kidd, the (real) Dread Pirate Roberts, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack! 

Check out Erik's 3-part epic article series on "The Golden Age of Piracy" here! 

Also on this episode:

Audio / Music Clips: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003); "Black Sails" (2014 - 2017); "Queen Anne's Revenge" by Flogging Molly (2004)

Outro Music / Segment Jingles byDeftStroke Sound!

For more of us talking about Star Wars, check out the all new episode of Podcasters Disassembled on “Rogue One”!

Listen to Colin Woodard's "The Republic of Pirates" on Audible (click here for a free trial)!

Also, check out Daniel Peter Hitch's bookshereand his podcasthere. 

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“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within." - Ariel Durant

Episode 24 - On the latest episode, Erik, Justin, and Chris talk about the history of Rome - from Republic to Empire, the numerous factors that lead to it's downfall, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, gladiator games, ancient architecture, Constantinople (Istanbul), and the absolute worst Roman Emperors of all time: Commodus, Caligula, and Nero! 

Click here for Erik's article, "Top 5 Worst Roman Emperors!" 

Also on this episode: 

Audio Clips: "Gladiator" (2000) - directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix; HBO's "ROME" (2005-2007)

Check out Erik and Kory's review of"The Green Knight"on'The World is My Burrito'!

You can watch ourCleopatra skit on You Tube!(starring: Caroline Crawford, Devon Seymour, Jimmy Lester, Justin Ache, and Chris Carroll - narrated by Devin Clark, written and directed by Erik Slader)

Outro Music / Segment Jingles byDeftStroke Sound!

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"Who is the most Epic Fail in history? (Besides Hitler)"

On this mini-episode, Erik Slader and Justin Ache give a quick rundown of this season's "Bracket of Fails" - where we'll be pitting 32 of history's biggest failures against one another in this single elimination bracket! Follow us on social media to vote for who YOU think is the worst of the worst! *Click here to vote on your predictions for the Bracket of Fails!*

Stalin, Nero, Caligula, Leopold II, Qin Shi Huang, Genghis Khan, Pope Urban II, Vlad the Impaler, Gavrilo Princip, Andrew Johnson, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Louis XVI, Ramses II, Francisco Pizarro, Hernán Cortés, Xerxes, Ivan the Terrible, Christopher Columbus, King John I, Andrew Jackson, Henry VIII, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, J. Bruce Ismay, Franklin Pierce, Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Guy Fawkes, Cleopatra VII, Ethelred the Unready, Erik Bloodaxe, and Stede Bonnet (the Gentleman Pirate)!

Also be sure to listen to Episode 8 of The World is My Burrito - where Erik and Kory talk about "The Green Knight"!

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"Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything." - Marilyn Monroe

Episode 23 - After a long absence, Erik and Chris kick off Season 3 with Justin Ache (triumphantly returning from Episode 3)*AND* Kory Torjussen (host of "The World is My Burrito") as we celebrate Bastille Day! Travel back to France in the 1790's as we talk guillotines, brioche, Versailles, and the Reign of Terror!? (Stay tuned to the very end of the episode to hear Justin's rendition of "You'll be back" from the hit Broadway play, 'Hamilton'!)Vive La France! And check out Erik's original article on "The (First) French Revolution aka: The Reign of Terror" here! 

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*Click here to vote on your predictions for the Bracket of Fails!*

Music and Audio Clips: "Viva La Vida" - Coldplay (2008), Mel Brooks in "History of the World, Part 1" (1981), "Les Misérables" (2012), The Simpsons, Family Guy, etc

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KONG-ZILLA-THON!

This is it, the battle of the century: It’s King vs God, Zilla vs Kong – as a Fire-Breathing Lizard takes on one Giant Angry Ape – in this no-holds barred clash between the King of the Monsters and the Titan of Skull Island! Who will come out on top? Why are they fighting? How that monkey get so big? Will we survive to find out? Find out on the latest season of Podcasters Assemble (probably)…

Podcasters Assemble is a hype/re-watch podcast. Season 1 covered the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Iron Man to Endgame, Season 2reviewed all 9 episodes of the Star Wars saga, and Season 003 tackled all 24 James Bond films in a countdown to Bond 25! In light of recent events however, with the delay of “No Time to Die”, we’ve decided to shift gears to another long-lived franchise, with the up-coming release of GODZILLA VS KONG! (on March 31st, 2021)

Entries for "KING KONG" (1933) are due on Monday, February 1st! Go to ProbablyWork.com/Podcasters-Assemble for a full schedule and more!

(Teaser written and edited by Erik Slader, starring Justin Ache as "Raymond Burr")

*Note: New episodes of Epik Fails of History coming soon, stay tuned!*

"Epik Fails of History" is a podcast that delves into the most epic fails of... history! Subscribe today on Anchor, i-Tunes / Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Podbean, You Tube, or wherever you get your favorite podcasts!

Created and edited by Erik Slader (author of the "Epic Fails" history book series), co-hosted with fellow podcaster, Chris Carroll. The podcast is an irreverent look at failures from history and what we should learn from them. (Recommended for ages 13 and up due to some mild language, occasional crude humor, as well as discussions of war, disasters, and historical facts.)

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“Failure is bad. But failure while you’re trying and you’re testing is not terrible. You’re learning from it.” – Gwynne Shotwell

In this all-new anthology episode, we have 4 bizarre tales of fails brought to you by 4 very special guests! Meghan Kaminski tells us about 'Medieval cats and the Black Plague', Jim Wood talks about the Titanic and 'Engineering for Failure', Dave Austin explains the 'Year of the Three Popes', and Kirsten Veronica Williamsrecalls 'Strange Tales from Jersey'!

Click here for the full show notes!

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“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

A War Between Brothers (Part Two)

The sibling rivalry continues - Chris and Brad once again steal the show as they discuss the Civil War! (Not to be confused with the Marvel comics storyline.) Confederate military blunders, Union prison camps, weird facts about Lincoln, Andrew Johnson's drinking problem, the complete and utter failure of reconstruction, and of course Civil War era amputations...

Music clip: "Captain America: Civil War" theme by Henry Jackman

Audio clip: "Independence Day" (1996)

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"Don't wallow in failure, instead learn from it." - Bill Gates

Episode 22 – in our Season 2 finale, Devin Clark (see Episode 6 – The Great Emu War of 1932) returns to the podcast! Recorded virtually from the midst of the great 2020 lockdown, Erik and Devin dive into the history of hackers: everything from John “Captain Crunch” Draper and the Morris Worm to the Stuxnet Virus and the infamous Carbanak Digital Heist!

Music and Audio Clips from: “Tron: Legacy” – ‘Son of Flynn’ by Daft Punk (2010), “NCIS” (2003), “The Matrix” – ‘Clubbed to Death’ by Rob Dougan (1999), “Hackers” (1995), “Aliens” (1986), “Weird Science” (1985), “War Games” (1983)

*Also be sure to check out the original blog article on the 15 Most Infamous Cyber Heists of All Time!  (2015)

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“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” - Elbert Hubbard

Russian Roulette with nukes!

- In Part 2 -ERIK, CHRIS, and high school history teacher, BRETT RICKETTS,discuss the KGB, JFK, Khrushchev, nuclear submarines, Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov, several close calls throughout the Cuban Missile Crisis, and ultimately consider whether or not the Cold War ever really ended...

Will Khrushchev call JFK's bluff? Will the human species survive? Will the podcasters stay on topic? Find out only on Epik Fails of History!

LINKS:
Nuclear Explosion Footage Montage

Nuclear Bomb Time Lapse Video

Nuclear Warheads Around the World (Updated)

*Also be sure to check out the original three-part blog article: The Cuban Missile Crisis: Cold War On Defrost! (2016)

MUSIC CLIP: "The Final Countdown!" by Europe (1986)

Movie Clips:"The Hunt for Red October" (1990), "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982), "The Princess Bride" (1987), "Dirty Harry" (1971)

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“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” - Robert F. Kennedy

An episode 13 months in the making! (First recorded in 2019)

- In Part 1 of our coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, ERIK and CHRIS spoke with high school history teacher, BRETT RICKETTS, about the Cold War, Hiroshima, Soviet Russia, Castro, and the (*failed*) "Bay of Pigs" invasion of 1961 - which would ultimately set the stage for a political crisis that would soon bring the world to the brink of nuclear war!

Will Khrushchev call JFK's bluff? Will the human species survive? Will the podcasters stay on topic? Find out only on Epik Fails of History!

LINKS:
Nuclear Explosion Footage Montage

Nuclear Bomb Time Lapse Video

Nuclear Warheads Around the World (Updated)

Duck and Cover - "Bert the Turtle" Nuclear War Infomercial (1951)

*Also be sure to check out the original three-part blog article: The Cuban Missile Crisis: Cold War On Defrost! (2016)

MUSIC CLIP: "2 Minutes Till Midnight!" by Iron Maiden (1984)

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99 years ago - on June 1st, 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma - one of the most tragic days in American history was almost erased from history...

Resources: BlackLivesMatter.com

Clips:"Don't be a Sucker" US National Archives E.F. #6 (1945), Martin Niemöller quote "First they came..." (1946), James Baldwin quote "How much time do you want, for your progress?" (1989)

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"When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breath, only then will you discover that you cannot eat money." - Cree Native American Prophecy

On today's Earth Day(Earth Week?)Special, Erik invites podcasters from around the world to share some of the environmental issues that they're most passionate about and what we can learn from them!

Featured in this episode: Devin Clark (Pretend Radio), Kory Torjussen (KTorjussen Photography), Chris Carroll (Comic Zombie), Pete Bourgelais (Maine House candidate), Tyler Thornton (Too Young For This Trek), Josh Dunham, Troytle Power (from the Power Playthroughs Podcast),Justin Ache (Significant Otter Co), and MC (The Best Animated Shows Ever... So Far!)

Music: "Return to Innocence" by Enigma (1994)
Audio Clips: "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" (2001), "Fern Gully" (1992), and "Captain Planet" (1990)

*Click here for a full list of links, notes, and sources!*

*Also check out the original article, 13 of the Worst Ecological Disasters of All Time! (2014)

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"The only true wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing." - Socrates

Join Chris and Erik as they talk time travel! Lincoln, Woodstock, the butterfly effect, JFK conspiracy theories, and drinking with Vikings?! This one’s got it all! (Special thanks to Nichole Wilkes for the prompt!) Check out the blog that started it all atEpikFails.com

Audio clips from: “Back to the Future”, “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” and “Dr. Who”

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"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world." - Louis Pasteur

We interrupt your regularly scheduled episode to bring you a special interview from the UK with medical professional and host of the podcast, “The Patient Will See You Now” - Dr. Robert Bednarz!

Reporting from the front lines of "the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020", Erik and Robert discuss Medieval medicine, Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War (aka World War Zero), the Spanish Flu of 1918, as well as the historical parallels of the current Covid-19 pandemic and what you can do to help stop it from becoming a worst case scenario…

Music Clip: “The Time They Are A-Changin’” – Bob Dylan (1964)

The New York Times: “Coronavirus Could Overwhelm U.S. Without Urgent Action”

Current Coronavirus Pandemic Statistics: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

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A quick podcast update from Erik Slader!

Upcoming Events:

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“Where were you when Y2k *didn’t* happen?”

December 31st, 1999 – In this (super late) New Year’s Eve 2020 Special – Erik Slader and Chris Carroll are joined by their good friend Jimmy Lester. Before ringing in the new year, we decided to take a look back at one of the biggest non-events in recent history! We reached out to our listeners for their Y2k survival stories and go off on an epic tangent about the dangers and fears of technological progress in the 21st century...

Music Clips: “1999” - Prince (1982), “Blue” – Eiffel 65 (1998)

Audio Clips: “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968), “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” (1991), SNL – Chris Farley ‘El Nino’ skit (1997)

Links:TIME Magazine – 20 Years Later, the Y2k Bug Seems Like a Joke…

“How to Prepare Your Family for Y2k” – 1999 Infomercial (Part 1 of 5!)

PB&J – Jacksonville (Facebook)

*Also be sure to check out the original article: Y2k - A Day That Shall Live in Mockery! (2013)

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In this mini-episode: updates on the podcast, book signing announcements, and a mini-review of the movie “Harriet”!

Upcoming Events:

If you haven’t already check out Erik and Chris on the latest season of Podcasters Assemble where they geek out about all the Star Wars movies leading up to this year’s “The Rise of Skywalker”!

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“Giving up is the only sure way to fail.” - Gena Showalter

Episode 13: Friday the 13th of September, 2019

Lieutenant Commander Bill Goss - former US Navy pilot and the author of "The Luckiest Unlucky Man Alive" joins the show!

Music clip: "Highway to the Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins (from "Top Gun", 1986)

In memory of Jean-Paul Fouchey,help support The Cancer Research Instituteand The American Cancer Society, together we can make cancer history.

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"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." - JFK

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's historic mission to the moon, Erik and Chris kick off Season 2 with a galactic-sized space-themed episode! Skylab, Voskhod 2, failed probes, Elon Musk, super stubborn Soviet scientists, and a special guest interview with Space GAAM's Ryan Paul Thompson on some of the biggest fails in video game history!

For more epic (space) fails, check out "The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff"by Erik Slader and Ben Thompson!

Tickets are available now for SPACE GAAM! (Saturday, August 17th at the Schultz Center in Jacksonville, Florida)

- Music clips: "Space Oddity" by David Bowie (1969), "The X-Files Theme" (1993), and "Metroid" (NES, 1987)

- Movie clips: "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975), "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (2005), "The Martian" (2015)

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*Bonus Episode* - A special sneak peek at the fourth and final(?) book in the EPIC FAILS series - "The Age of Exploration: Totally Getting Lost"! 

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Ben Thompson returns!In this Season Finale Q and A, "Epic Fails" co-authors Erik Slader and Ben Thompson reunite to tackle the key issues, like who would win in a fist fight - Teddy Roosevelt or Benedict Arnold?, Carthaginian war elephants - pros vs cons?, and most importantly, whether or not a hot dog qualifies as a sandwich?

*You can meet them both at the Smithsonian Museums in Washington DC on Saturday, May the 4th where they'll be promoting the release of their latest book, "The Age of Exploration: Totally Getting Lost"!

Music Clips: "The Warriors of Tide" - Black Tide (2009), "Alexander the Great" - Iron Maiden (1986)

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*Censored version*

Warning: the following Blooper Reel contains slightly more profanity than usual...

In our tenth episode, we decided to take a look back at some of the behind the scenes mishaps that happened along the way to make this show possible. Happy April Fool's!

(Uncut version coming soon to Patreon?)

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“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” – Karl Marx

A War Between Brothers (Part One)

In the latest episode, its brother versus brother as Chris and Brad Carroll go head to head in an intense game of "drunk trivia" over their knowledge of the American Civil War! General Lee vs Grant, Albert Sidney Johnston, Pickett's Charge, Rutherford B. Hayes, and the Clash of the Ironclads...

Also in this episode: a random tangent about Star Wars?!

Music Clips: "The Imperial March" (Metallica cover)

*Ironclad Sound Effects used from the movie "Sahara" (2005)

"EPIC FAILS: Not-So-Great Presidents" by Erik Slader and Ben Thompson - available wherever books are sold!

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“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” - Paulo Coelho

*It's our (belated) "On Brand" President's Day special!*

Erik Slader and Ben Thompson are invited out to do a book signing at the Smithsonian museums in Washington DC! - before being thwarted by the longest government shutdown in American history... because of course. (Erik documents the shenanigans along the way with the lovely Meghan Kaminski) *Also included: a preview of the latest EPIC FAILS book: "Not-So-Great Presidents"!*

Update: Erik and Ben did eventually get to do their book signings at the Smithsonian a few months later! (click for gallery)

Bonus Video Clip! - Ben and Erik in front of the (closed) Smithsonian's American History Museum in Washington, DC

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Devin Clark (host of the 'Pretend Radio' podcast and bassist for the punk band, 'The Wastedist') joins the show to discuss a random assortment of historical fails: The Curse of the 'Willy Dee' (the USS William D. Porter), the Corned-Beef Sandwich Incident, a Ramen Noodle Heist, and... the Great Emu War of 1932?!

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Music Clips: "Tonight, tonight" - Smashing Pumpkins (1996), "Ride of the Valkyries" - Richard Wagner (1854), "Carmina Burana" - Carl Orff (1936)

https://www.instagram.com/pretendradio/

Pretend Radio Podcast #117 - God Bless the United Schates of Fail (*Explicit Language*)

*Also be sure to check out the original Emu War article on EpikFails.com! (2016)

“EPIC FAILS - The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff!” by Erik Slader and Ben Thompson – available now wherever books are sold!

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History authors unite! Erik Slader and Ben Thompson (Badass, Guts and Glory) join forces in this epic cross-over! Ben and Erik talk about the fails that happened along the way to co-writing their (somewhat acclaimed?) "EPIC FAILS" book series - as they recount their first book tour together, from Florida to Vegas to Seattle!

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ErikSlader.com

BadassOfTheWeek.com

Music Clip: "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey (1981)

"EPIC FAILS: The Wright Brothers - Nose-Diving Into History" and "EPIC FAILS: The Race to Space - Countdown to Liftoff" are both available now wherever books are sold!

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In this (insanely overdue) episode, Erik and Chris talk to local historian, and fellow Floridian, Jasmine Turner - about some of the crazier stories from their state's history! Everything from Ponce de Leon and "the Fountain of Youth" to 'the original Florida man', Mayor William Cottrell. Also on this episode: Henry Flagler, Walt Disney, Fort Mose, the Great Jacksonville fire, floating nuclear power plants, how the US government poured millions of dollars into a cross-state canal that never happened, and much much more...

LINKS AND REFERENCES:

www.fortmose.org

Music clips: "I Ran" by A Flock of Seagulls (1982), "What's up?" by Four Non Blondes ('He-Man' remix version by Slackcircus), and "Alabama Man" - from South Park

"EPIC FAILS: The Wright Brothers - Nose-Diving Into History" and "EPIC FAILS: The Race to Space - Countdown to Liftoff" by Erik Slader and Ben Thompson are both available now wherever books are sold! (Check out EpikFails.com for more!)

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"Success is going from failure to failure, without the loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill

In this episode, Erik and Chris are joined by graphic designer extraordinaire, Justin Ache, as they discuss the insane, comically ridiculous and convoluted events (and propaganda) surrounding World War One... and how "The War to End All Wars" actually caused every other war since!

LINKS AND REFERENCES:

www.JustinAche.com

Music clip: "WAR" performed by Edwin Starr (1969)

*Also check out the original article on EpikFails.com (2013)

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“An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.” - Orlando Aloysius Battista

Erik and Chris try and figure out why the Titanic sank, how the Hindenburg blew up, and what the hell happened at Chernobyl...

LINKS AND REFERENCES:

Music clips: "Godzilla" theme (1954), "The People's Court" theme (1981), Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" (1997)

"EPIC FAILS: The Wright Brothers - Nose-Diving Into History" and "EPIC FAILS: The Race to Space - Countdown to Liftoff" by Erik Slader and Ben Thompson are both available now wherever books are sold! (Check out more at EpikFails.com!)

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“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.”  - Robert A. Heinlein

In the first (official) episode of "Epik Fails of History", Erik Slader and Chris Carroll dive into the Great London Beer Flood of 1814, wade through the Late Victorian Manure Crisis, and get lost trying to find Australia with Abel Tasman... (Check out EpikFails.com for more!)

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"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure." - Abraham Lincoln

A prelude to a podcast - in this mini-solo episode, Erik Slader gives a quick 101 on the history of "Epik Fails of History" - the podcast (and blog) about the most epic fails... of history... Check outEpikFails.comfor more!

*Note: Updated in 2023!*

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This podcast is a production of theWe Can Make This Work (Probably) Networkfollow us to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts!